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Intro to Journalism/Newswriting: July 2005
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Thursday, July 28, 2005. Blogs by Journalists-Week 1. Journalists are now turning to the web as a means to report the news. In addition to journalists reporting and writing news stories, ordinary citizenes now have the capability to become participants in the news process. Their powerful tool in this medium is the weblog or blog. The following links provide you with an example of citizen journalism at work. http:/ afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com. 1 Is this journalism? Posted by Bridget Driscoll at 8:50 AM.
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Intro to Journalism/Newswriting: September 2005
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Thursday, September 22, 2005. Week 3 Is this news? Following our discussions in class on a reporter's job, the different kinds of news stories, and the basic components of news, I wonder how the latest technology (blogs, the web) change not only the way we recieve news, but who and how it is created. Check out the following link and discuss if this is news. Take a position and support it. Make sure you respond to another classmate. FYI, here's an article about the site. View my complete profile.
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Intro to Journalism/Newswriting: May 2005
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Thursday, May 19, 2005. My husband thinks that American soldiers really did flush the Koran down the toliet but that Newsweek can not get their source to confirm or they retracted the attribution.However, I think that it's all a maybe.and not a fact.therefore, the story should not have been printed.What do you think? Read what the editor had to say: http:/ www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7857154/site/newsweek/. Posted by Bridget Driscoll at 10:51 AM. View my complete profile. Week 5 Comedy Central The Daily Show.
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Intro to Journalism/Newswriting: October 2005
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Tuesday, October 04, 2005. Week 5 Comedy Central The Daily Show. Because of technology today, we are able to receive news in a variety of forms. Has news really changed because of the technology? What are the effects? Let's compare the Comedy Central Daliy Show ( Prison Break) to a specific nightly news broadcast. Discuss the similarities and differences of the two formats. Is one broadcast more newsworthy than the other? If so, why? What do you think? Why do you like one newscast more than the other?